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The Psalmist wrote: "..I will teach you and tell you the way to go and how
to get there..” Could the earth‘s magnetic fields flip, like
football teams at half time? Some geophysicists, and experts from NASA, think
that the Earth’s magnetic poles have and could soon switch ends with the
magnetic north pole becoming south, and vice versa. Fortunately, when they say
‘soon’ these science guys are thinking in geological timescales - they mean
sometime in the next few thousand years. Boy, would that mess up our GPS and
our sense of direction? Speaking of directions, wouldn't it be cool if the
Master of the universe, the Lord Himself, gave us instructions on where to go
and how to proceed in life?: "..I will teach
you and tell you the way to go and how to get there; I will give you good
counsel, and I will watch over you.." I like the idea of
God guiding and watching me - I find that really comforting. But staying open
to divine supervision, that's a challenge. You kno…

If the shoe fits, wear it. Remember that
old adage? While studying Scripture this week I was reintroduced to some
weighty thoughts from Proverbs 6. King Solomon penned this: "...Take note, there
are six things the Eternal hates, no, make it seven He abhors..." Hate?
Abhor? Pretty strong vocabulary. My eyes widened, I sat to the edge of my seat
and my heart rate quickened. I continued reading: "...Eyes that look down on others, a tongue that can’t
be trusted, hands that shed innocent blood, A heart that conceives evil plans, feet
that sprint toward evil, A false
witness who breathes out lies, and anyone who stirs up trouble
among the faithful..." Pierced by God's written Word,
I re-read the verses again only to feel the writer point his boney, prophetic,
finger straight at my heart with this convicting catalog list of seven
despicable behaviors. While these aren’t the only actions that should be
avoided, they do sum up most of the wicked things condemned by God…

I've had a God-sized question stirring
within me that's just agitating my soul. It has nothing to do with going to
Church, Mass or Temple. My gnawing question is not about giving monies, lighting
candles or reciting Torah. We just came out of a week when more people were
exposed to the deep things of God, more than at any other time of the year,
including Christmas. On TV,
Cecil B. DeMille’s epic “The Ten Commandments” aired again. The CBS miniseries
“The Dovekeepers” and NBC’s 12-hour long show “A.D” were on television. “The
Bible” by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey also aired and “Killing Jesus” made its
debut. The Easter season is a natural marketing opportunity for programs with Biblical
themes. I’m good with this Easter entertainment and with people of faith who express their artistic craft. With so many minds set on the things from above my
vexing question this Sunday is simple: Who Will Be in Heaven Because of You, anyone?... Pastor Keith

How
do you explain it? He was a blue-collar kind ‘a guy, he worked with his hands,
but He had no money. He never posted a blog, wrote a book, appeared on a talk
show or held political office. He had no website, Twitter account or Facebook
page. He wasn’t a big traveler and never trekked more than 200 miles from his
hometown. And His friends? One betrayed Him, one denied Him and others hide for
fear that they would end up like Him. Adored one week, scoffed at the next. Prior
to his death He was scorned and belittled; after his death, people, they
couldn’t resist Him. How do you explain it? Why did He do it? Look in the
mirror! Peace, this Easter…Pastor Keith #minmchurch #MinistryinMotionChurch https://twitter.com/minm_church

The Christian life is not just about a personal relationship with God, even if personal faith and responsibility are absolutely necessary. When too much emphasis is placed on a privatize salvation, we run the potential of getting so much wrong.

Avoid the draw to escape church citizenry. Becoming a disciple of Christ was never meant to be a solo expedition. Doing so means we expose ourselves to totally missing the opportunity to see the Eternal and His Holy Spirit in action: in real communities, in actual churches, in non-partisan politics, in obvious differences, in honest-to-goodness marriages, in authentic social discussions and during hard theological disagreements. You can't go it alone. Following Jesus shouldn’t be about intellectual assent, but rather it's communal activity, where-by we help ensure we don’t run the risk of missingthe Word who came to dwell among us. Consider that believing in Jesus and being mentored by the Holy Ghost is largely a group activity, albeit a…

Are you holding a close secret? Are you mum on something you're not supposed to tell anyone? If you’re like many folks I’ve met, you’re holding ‘something or other’ pretty close to your vest. And in doing so, as SNL’s Mike Myers would say: “Oh, I'm getting a little verklempt (farklempt). Most stuff is worth sharing, especially with the right person. While sharing personal “stuff” might seem like an invasion of privacy, it’s so worth the “vulnerability hangover”It’s worth being misunderstood and misrepresented. There’s desirability in discomfort. It's worth the death of your self-image and maybe even your brand. There’s benefit to owning up to what’s inside, no matter how difficult, because as the Psalmist wrote: Hidden things will always come out into the open. Secret things will come to light and be exposed.[1] Secrets bring bondage, sharing brings freedom. Freedom. Here’s what happens when you finally drop the act, when you finally admit that you're not fine, when you …

“..Like a sheep to a shearing, like a lamb to be slaughtered, he went—oh so quietly, oh so willingly..”The crucifixion of Christ, the awful marriage of human sinfulness and the pinnacle of divine grace, must remain an enduring mystery, a mystery of my faith — Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ will come again. Good Friday calls on me to take another look, to remember, His death. ~Selah~ So in my exuberance to treasure all the beauty that is Easter, I must be careful not to scurry past Good Friday. Easter alone does not make Christianity unique. It’s Good Friday, coupled with Easter, where we find the uniqueness of Christianity. As you contemplate the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus, I pray that God will reveal his unfathomable love for you in new ways. May you know the love of the one who gave his life for you…#Pkes #MinMChurch #MetroLifeChurch